Resource Library

Public Intercessory Prayer that Renews Worship

Want a no-cost, non-controversial way to renew worship for all ages in your congregation? Start praying for the worldwide church.

Feature Story | April 28, 2014

Sing Your Prayers for the Worldwide Church

These resources will help you combine songs and prayers so your whole congregation can pray together for global Christians and international issues.

Article | April 28, 2014

Karen Campbell, Jerry Pillay and Eric Sarwar on Global Prayer

Praying for the worldwide church was a priority at the 2014 Calvin Symposium on Worship in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Leaders from many nations described how to pray for their churches and fellow citizens. Three of them, all Presbyterian pastors, also gave brief interviews.

Conversation | April 28, 2014

Dale Cudjoe, Andy Park and Cindy Rethmeier on Deepening Worship Conversations

You might picture COCHUSA and Vineyard congregations as too different to find common ground. But Cudjoe, Park, and Rethmeier found productive ways to discuss worship together.

Conversation | April 17, 2014

How to Use Church at Worship Books

These case studies of worship in other times and places work well in personal devotions, small groups and classrooms.

Article | March 31, 2014

How to Discuss Church Worship Calmly and Productively

These case studies of worship in other times and places will give your congregation the freedom and framework to deepen your discussion of worship.

Feature Story | March 31, 2014

Symposium 2014 presenters

a list of presenters from the 2014 Symposium on Worship

Audio | Video | March 03, 2014

Imagining the Kingdom: How Worship Works

How does the narrative arc of historic Christian worship uniquely tap into our nature as narrative animals?

Audio | February 28, 2014

El culto como discipulado

El culto es una experiencia comunitaria integral, que de manera explícita o aún inconsciente, contribuye a modelar el carácter y la identidad de cada participante.

Audio | February 27, 2014

The Challenging Work of Public Penitence and Reconciliation in Worship

How should worship, justice, and reconciliation be related not just in theory, but in practice?

Audio | February 27, 2014

Transformational Preaching: Engaging with Exodus and the Old Testament, part 2

Explore the art of building a bridge back to the world of the Bible and then bringing the drama back to our generation

Audio | February 27, 2014

Transformational Preaching: Engaging with Exodus and the Old Testament

This seminar explores the art of building a bridge back to the world of the Bible and then bringing the drama back to our generation.

Audio | February 27, 2014

Wise Church: Learning from the World-Wide Church

Whether in Toledo, Toronto, Taipei, Tehran, or Tegucigalpa, worship of the Triune God has many commonalities, and followers of Jesus have much to learn from one another.

Audio | February 27, 2014